Seeking Swanky VaPer Suggestions

[Waning Embers]

Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs

 

[BingBong]

Samuel Gawith Cabbie's Roll Cut Mixture. Hard to find in the USA, I understand, has its moments in the UK too. The aroma is a big hit with the girls, unusually for a non-aro. I smoke it every day, the chicks are like flies around a bull's arsehole in August.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Telegraph Hill as others have said, bonus is you can get it and it cellars like a champ.

 

[Sigmund]

Another vote for Petereson DNR. Its a great classic
Also HU Directors Cut. A heavier more full bodied vaper

both very different and very good

 

[Sig]

While you're waiting for St James to come in somewhere, and being lucky enough to get some, you can try one of the hundreds of great VA/Vapers readily available.
Go to Smoking Pipes, or another etailers website and read some tin descriptions.
C&D and GLPease have numerous fantastic, inexpensive and available blends. And most can be bought by the ounce for $3/Oz.
C&D Bayou Morning
C&D Blueridge
C&D Exhausted Rooster
GLP Filmore
GLP Haddos Delight
GLP Lombard
GLP Penny Farthing

 

[Scottmi]

Don't overlook Rouxgaroux...

 

[RL Bucktails]

Can’t go wrong with Watch City Old Dominion or Peter Stokeby Luxury Navy Flake. There are lots of good choices out there.

 

[carp rides again]

When I think swanky, I think Davidoff flake medallions

 

[InWithBothFeet]

Stokkabye Luxury Bullseye Flake?

 

[sablebrush52]

Telegraph Hill as others have said, bonus is you can get it and it cellars like a champ.

Not always. I recently opened up a 15 year old 8 oz tin and it smoked like an acetylene torch.

 

[geoffs]

Salty Dogs and DNR for sure. Don't forget Solani 633.
If you can track it down, C&D Anthology 2022 is excellent.

 

[Effortlessdepths]

Any stand-out Red Virginia?

 

[Auxsender]

Any stand-out Red Virginia?

Watch City Cigar Simply Red
HU My Red Fox
C&D Carolina Red Flake
KBV Redline and Study In Scarlet
Sutliff 515-RC (polarizing, some love it, some loathe it)

The only blends above that are easy to get are the KBV ones. All the others are limited for various reasons. HU is easy to get from Esterval’s but you can throw a rock and hit a negative story about shipping from them. I never had a problem over maybe 6 orders.

 

[The Benedictine]

Peterson DNR for sure

 

[carp rides again]

Any stand-out Red Virginia?

Try low country Edisto. It's a pretty good one that flies under the radar and on sale atm

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Rattray's Hal o' the Wynd is my absolute favorite at the moment.
St. James Flake and Peterson Navy Rolls are also extremely good.

 

[Waning Embers]

Any stand-out Red Virginia?

Since the closing of McClelland, far and few between.

 

[dottlejockey]

I'd second @Sig 's rec for Penny Farthing. VA/Per with the magical touch of DFK. Splendid stuff.
For red VA that's readily available (currently at smoking pipes), give Rattray Hal O The Wynd a try.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Not always. I recently opened up a 15 year old 8 oz tin and it smoked like an acetylene torch.

Wonder why, usually very well behaved but hey that's pipe smoking

 

[sablebrush52]

Wonder why, usually very well behaved but hey that's pipe smoking

Cellaring is filled with surprises, not all of them pleasant. Comes with the territory.